1962 Newfoundland general election

Premier
parliamentary
Election name	1962 Newfoundland general election
Country	Newfoundland and Labrador
Party colour	no
Party name	no
Election date	November 19, 1962
Previous election	1959 Newfoundland general election
Previous year	1959
Outgoing members	Outgoing members
Next election	1966 Newfoundland general election
Next year	1966
Elected members	Elected members
Seats for election	42 seats of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 22 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	58.5% ( 10.8 pp)^[1]
Leader 1	Joey Smallwood
Leader since 1	1949
Leaders seat 1	Bonavista North^[a]
Last election 1	31
Seats 1	34
Seat change 1	3
Popular vote 1	72,319
Percentage 1	58.7%
Swing 1	0.7pp
Leader 2	James Greene
Leader since 2	1959
Leaders seat 2	St. John's East
Last election 2	3
Seats 2	7
Seat change 2	4
Popular vote 2	45,055
Percentage 2	36.6%
Swing 2	11.3pp
Before election	Joey Smallwood
Posttitle	Premier after election
After election	Joey Smallwood
Ongoing	No

The 1962 Newfoundland general election was held on 19 November 1962 to elect members of the 33rd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party.

Results

	Party	Leader	1959	Seats won	Popular vote	(%)	Joey Smallwood	31	34	72,319	58.7%	James Greene	3	7	45,055	36.6%	Ed Finn	0^[b]	0	4,479	3.6%	United Newfoundland	Augustine Duffy	2	0	638	0.5%	Other		0	1	740	0.6%
Totals			36	42	123,990	100%

Results by district

Names in boldface type represent party leaders.
† indicates that the incumbent did not run again.
‡ indicates that the incumbent ran in a different district.

St. John's

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's Centre
60.94% turnout | |Joseph O'Driscoll
1,512
34.95% || |Anthony Murphy
2,176
50.30% | |Augustine Duffy
638
14.75% || |Augustine Duffy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East
63.71% turnout | |James Higgins
1,251
38.60% || |James Greene
1,990
61.40% | | || |James Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's East Extern
66.37% turnout | |James Fagan
2,060
43.71% || |William Browne
2,653
56.29% | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's North
56.21% turnout || |Geoffrey Carnell
3,077
60.88% | |William Moss
1,977
39.12% | | || |George Nightingale† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's South
60.96% turnout | |John O'Dea
2,809
46.96% || |Rex Renouf
3,173
53.04% | | || |John O'Dea |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. John's West
60.55% turnout || |William Adams
2,919
51.58% | |Harvey Cole
2,740
48.42% | | || |Joey Smallwood‡
(ran in Bonavista North) |- |}

Conception Bay

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bay de Verde
64.69% turnout || |William Saunders
1,127
56.92% | |Charles Bursey
853
43.08% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bell Island
71.12% turnout || |Steve Neary
1,814
54.38% | |Richard Greene
1,522
45.62% || |Richard Greene |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Carbonear
50.63% turnout || |George Clarke
1,079
62.73% | |Walter Clarke
641
37.27% || |George Clarke
Carbonear-Bay de Verde |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Harbour Grace
55.90% turnout || |Claude Sheppard
1,460
57.53% | |Harold Osborne
1,078
42.47% || |Claude Sheppard |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Harbour Main || |Philip Lewis
2,293
29.40% | |Albert Furey
1,904
24.42% || |Philip Lewis |- || |Clifton Joy
2,202
28.24% | |Terry Trainor
1,399
17.94% || |Albert Furey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port de Grave
58.60% turnout || |Eric Dawe
1,774
68.89% | |Lloyd Stevens
801
31.11% || |Llewellyn Strange† |- |}

Avalon Peninsula

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Ferryland
74.68% turnout || |Myles Murray
1,676
59.06% | |Otto Byrne
1,162
40.94% | | || |Myles Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke rowspan=2|Placentia East
63.17% turnout |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Alain Frecker
1,441
54.98% |rowspan=2| |rowspan=2|David Murphy
868
33.12% | |William Patterson (Independent)
182
6.94% |rowspan=2 | |rowspan=2|Alain Frecker |- | |Esau Thoms (NDP)
130
4.96% |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Mary's
72.24% turnout || |James M. McGrath
1,118
64.92% | |John Halley
604
35.08% | | || |James M. McGrath |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity South
45.44% turnout || |Uriah Strickland
1,741
62.76% | |Edmund George
1,033
37.24% | | || |Uriah Strickland |}

Eastern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista North
57.55% turnout || |Joey Smallwood
3,195
81.15% | |Douglas Parsons
742
18.85% | | || |Edward Spencer‡
(ran in Fogo) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bonavista South
47.51% turnout || |Rossy Barbour
2,106
62.57% | |Robert Stead
1,155
34.31% | |George Squire
105
3.12% || |Rossy Barbour |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fogo || |Edward Spencer
Won by acclamation | | | | || |Isaac Mercer† |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Trinity North
46.98% turnout || |Arthur Mifflin
2,207
66.96% | |Whitfield Bannister
1,089
33.04% | | || |Arthur Mifflin |}

Central Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gander
57.56% turnout || |Beaton Abbott
2,069
52.92% | |Harold Collins
1,841
47.08% | | || |Beaton Abbott |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Grand Falls
61.14% turnout | |Raymond Guy
2,264
48.50% || |Ambrose Peddle
2,404
51.50% | | || |Raymond Guy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Green Bay
54.47% turnout || |William Smallwood
1,415
59.06% | | | |Kitchener Pritchett
981
40.94% || |William Smallwood |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lewisporte
58.12% turnout || |Harold Starkes
1,786
60.77% | |Guy Eveleigh
1,153
39.23% | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Twillingate
53.39% turnout || |Leslie Curtis
1,691
82.53% | |Allan Young
358
17.47% | | || |Leslie Curtis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay South
65.30% turnout || |Frederick W. Rowe
1,561
79.56% | |James Walsh
401
20.44% | | || |Frederick W. Rowe |}

Southern Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burgeo-La Poile
60.58% turnout || |Walter Hodder
2,125
70.86% | |Allan Evans
874
29.14% || |John Cheeseman‡
(ran in Hermitage) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Burin
39.67% turnout || |Eric Jones
1,892
86.27% | |Harold Russell
301
13.73% || |Eric Jones |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Fortune Bay
56.82% turnout || |H.R.V. Earle
1,552
86.17% | |Abram Godwin
249
13.83% || |John Courage†
Fortune Bay-Hermitage |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hermitage || |John Cheeseman
Won by acclamation | | || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Placentia West
63.06% turnout || |Patrick Canning
1,948
63.62% | |Joseph Cheeseman
1,114
36.38% || |Patrick Canning |}

Western Newfoundland

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber East
69.57% turnout | |John Forsey
2,698
46.82% || |Noel Murphy
3,064
53.18% | | || |John Forsey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humber West
61.94% turnout || |Charles Ballam
2,860
52.19% | | | |Ed Finn
2,620
47.81% || |Charles Ballam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Port au Port
69.39% turnout || |Stephen Smith
1,975
54.38% | |Berkley Evans
1,657
45.62% | | || |Stephen Smith |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe North
81.63% turnout || |James Chalker
1,340
89.51% | |George Randell
157
10.49% | | || |James Chalker
St. Barbe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. Barbe South
73.34% turnout | |Maxwell Lane
929
40.87% || |William Smith
1,102
48.48% | |Gerald P. Byrne
242
10.65% || |New district |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|St. George's
68.71% turnout || |William Keough
1,907
64.95% | |John Martin
1,029
35.05% | | || |William Keough |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|White Bay North
64.01% turnout || |Walter Carter
2,062
89.69% | |Garland Patey
237
10.31% | | || |Maxwell Lane‡
(ran in St. Barbe South) |- |}

Labrador

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador North
44.23% turnout || |Earl Winsor
860
75.97% | |Arthur Hale
272
24.03% | | || |Earl Winsor |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador South || |Gerald Hill
Won by acclamation | | | | || |Gerald Hill |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Labrador West
86.38% turnout | |Edward Henley
389
41.08% | | || |Charles Devine (Independent)
558
58.92% || |New district |}

Notes

^ Not the incumbent, but stood in this seat and won
^ As the Newfoundland Democratic Party

References

^ "Report on Provincial General Election, 1962". The Newfoundland Gazette. 26 February 1963. Retrieved 9 April 2025.